As part of planning for her class speech on the Patriot Act, Brenda passed around a brief questionnaire asking whether her classmates were for or against the Act, whether they thought parts or the entire Act should change, etc Was this a good idea, according to your text?
a. No; by doing the questionnaire, she revealed to the class what her speech topic was going to be.
b. Yes; this is a smart technique of analyzing the audience known as demographic audience analysis.
c. No; the class is a captive audience, so finding out their views ahead of time wasn't necessary.
d. Yes; this form of psychological audience analysis is a good thing to do for any kind of audience.

Read these sentences from the first section of the article. because of this novel characteristic which singles out washington from other cities, coupled with the fact that the trees are now in full splendor, a short history of their appearance in the capital city is of interest. the first cherry trees were planted in washington by mrs. taft's request on april 4, 1909, just a month after she first made her home in the white house. what is the most likely reason why cobb includes these sentences in the first section? a- to establish himself as a credible authority on the topic of cherry trees b- to state the central idea and begin the narrative of how the trees arrived in washington, d.c. c- to create a sensory image for readers who are not familiar with cherry trees d- to build suspense as to how so many cherry trees arrived in washington, d.c.

Chapters 3–5 while reading, think about… author’s purpose/point of view symbolism communication between characters —ethan frome

Need answer asap plz! in “ode to the west wind,” which image best expresses the speaker’s hopes for the west wind? a. “scatter, as from an extinguished hearth / ashes and sparks . .” b. “make me thy lyre, even as the forest is . .” c. “. . he lay, / lulled by the coil of his crystalline streams . .” d. “if i were a dead leaf thou mightest bear . .”